Not to get into the details of what's better or not or what's easier or not etc but at the end of the day if you're not happy, adhering to these laws and others as well tend to just be hard and as seen as only a burden. I think many people are unhappy to begin with. That's not to say you can't be a happy individual and have a hard time with certain aspects or even a big issue with them. But I do think many people are really just unhappy about other things to begin with.